607: Redefining Early Orthodontic Intervention - Dr. Rebecca Bockow - a podcast by ACT Dental

Redefining Early Orthodontic Intervention

Episode #607 with Dr. Rebecca Bockow

Adults with dental problems weren’t always adults with dental problems, so what happened earlier that led to that point? Today Kirk Behrendt brings on Dr. Rebecca Bockow, a true rockstar of the dental industry, to discuss why you need to redefine early orthodontic intervention. Orthodontics is so much more than just straightening teeth—find out how it can make patients healthier in Episode 607 of The Best Practices Show!

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Links Mentioned in This Episode:

Check out Specialty Imaging: Temporomandibular Joint and Sleep-Disorded Breathing by Dr. Dania Tamimi

Learn more about Spear Education

Learn more about the Pankey Institute

Learn more about the Kois Center

Register for Dr. Bockow and Dr. Mike Gunsun’s course

Main Takeaways:

Orthodontics is about more than just straightening teeth.

Don’t just wait for the adult teeth to come in to deal with problems.

So much growth happens in the first few years of life.

Braces aren’t necessarily the answer for everything—use the right tool at the right time.

Keep asking questions.

Quotes:

“One of the things that really struck me as a restorative dentist was I saw a lot of breakdown that was really related to the foundation. The bones in the gums weren't in the right place, which led to a lot of the breakdown I saw as a general dentist. And I thought, ‘If I can help put the bones and the gums in the right place, and the teeth, of course, then I could partner with phenomenal restorative dentists to rehabilitate a patient.’” (02:37—03:07)

“Back in 2013, I sat through a three-day course called Airway Prosthodontics before [Dr. Jess Rouse] joined Spear Education, even. And I was blown away. Kirk, I sat in the front row and I thought to myself, ‘All of these adult patients have airway issues. They all have orthodontic problems.’ And I started talking to him about the things I learned about expansion. And really a lot of the things I learned I had to learn on my own...

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